So I'm trying to buy a boat.
Find a 16' Hobie Cat that I want to buy. Talk to the guy back and forth...tell him I'm coming saturday to pick up the boat. He says sure...blah blah blah..."I checked the tires for you," etc. I found someone to work for me this weekend, since I'm supposed to be on call. We found someone to watch our dogs over night, since we won't be able to leave till late and we're going to stay up there over night.
So I call the guy just now, to ask if the ball on the trailer is a 1 7/8 or a 2 in. He tells me he sold it last night [bang]
WHAT? He says he was at the marina and the guy basically shoved the money in his hand. Well....make the beast with two backser....I was going to shove the money in your hand tomorrow afternoon. The son of a pregnant dog knew I had made plans to come up there tomorrow.
GRRRRRRRR >:(
This is the second time in 2 weeks that this has happend to me. I tell someone I'm going to buy their boat (I was going to be up there that evening last time), and they sold it before I made it there.
Give his number to all of your friends and have they ask if the boat is still for sale. Continue this for at least a week then stop. Wait another week before you bombard him with calls asking if he still has the boat from the craigslist ad...
go find the boat and put a hole in it. then have him reurn it to the guy, and offer him 25% of the orignal asking price.
Find a forum for something horrible that sends text message updates. make a fake hotmail account to join, put in his cell and ask for all updates via text message. His bill should go through the roof, especially if you do this with multiple forums. [evil]
Tarik sold a boat?
[laugh]
Quote from: Pakhan on June 26, 2009, 09:59:35 AM
Find a forum for something horrible that sends text message updates. make a fake hotmail account to join, put in his cell and ask for all updates via text message. His bill should go through the roof, especially if you do this with multiple forums. [evil]
unless you have unlimited txt..
Quote from: Heath on June 26, 2009, 10:44:45 AM
unless you have unlimited txt..
True, then you just have to deal with your phone dinging every 5 minutes indefinitely.
I think that's kind of the way CL works. I've sold and bought enough stuff on CL to know that somebody who calls and says "Oh, I'll be there tomorrow" is about 50/50 on showing up, much less making the sale. I'd have taken the cash too.
Just seeing it from the sellers perspective, the buyer might change his/her mind at the last minute.
First come first serve I suppose.
Bummer but that is reality. It just is.
Quote from: Takster on June 26, 2009, 10:48:44 AM
I think that's kind of the way CL works. I've sold and bought enough stuff on CL to know that somebody who calls and says "Oh, I'll be there tomorrow" is about 50/50 on showing up, much less making the sale. I'd have taken the cash too.
+1
Money talks, most buyers on CL are flakes. I usually ask someone if I can send a PayPal deposit to have them delete their ad to avoid this type of situation ...
Adam
Quote from: Takster on June 26, 2009, 10:48:44 AM
I think that's kind of the way CL works. I've sold and bought enough stuff on CL to know that somebody who calls and says "Oh, I'll be there tomorrow" is about 50/50 on showing up, much less making the sale. I'd have taken the cash too.
+2
Sucks though.
Quote from: Le Pirate on June 26, 2009, 09:10:31 AM
So I'm trying to buy a boat.
Find a 16' Hobie Cat that I want to buy. Talk to the guy back and forth...tell him I'm coming saturday to pick up the boat. He says sure...blah blah blah..."I checked the tires for you," etc. I found someone to work for me this weekend, since I'm supposed to be on call. We found someone to watch our dogs over night, since we won't be able to leave till late and we're going to stay up there over night.
So I call the guy just now, to ask if the ball on the trailer is a 1 7/8 or a 2 in. He tells me he sold it last night [bang]
WHAT? He says he was at the marina and the guy basically shoved the money in his hand. Well....make the beast with two backser....I was going to shove the money in your hand tomorrow afternoon. The son of a pregnant dog knew I had made plans to come up there tomorrow.
GRRRRRRRR >:(
This is the second time in 2 weeks that this has happend to me. I tell someone I'm going to buy their boat (I was going to be up there that evening last time), and they sold it before I made it there.
cash talks my friend when I sell on CL i sell to whoever comes with the cash first. period.
non of that "oh ill be there tomorrow" no no no... come with cash its yours.
one jerkoff told me "oh so this is a verbal agreement that you are holding the 749 for me" hahahah yea OK son, I told him bring me CASH no talk, no verbals... the shekles, the moolah.
To bad man. I can't get angry at him though. First one with cash wins. Nothing you could do about that.
Yep, CL is first come, first serve, unless you give him a deposit (which I have done before).
It took me a couple experiences like yours before I wised up.
mitt
Heck, I'll even treat more formal things like that-unless I have a deposit, someone shows up with cash, they get it. I've even have people give deposits on things, then never come back, which also works for me (sold a car about four times once).
Speaking of boats... I just got a Mac19 for FREE!!! Came with a trailer too...
Good luck with your search
I would think with a little luck, you could get a Hobie 16 for free....
Quote from: DrDesmosedici on June 26, 2009, 11:27:59 AM
+1
Money talks, most buyers on CL are flakes. I usually ask someone if I can send a PayPal deposit to have them delete their ad to avoid this type of situation ...
Adam
me too.
Bad luck, but. . .yeah,
Money talks.
Quote from: Speeddog on June 26, 2009, 05:56:48 PM
I would think with a little luck, you could get a Hobie 16 for free....
Ditto. Lots of them taking up space in "former" sailors driveways.
I dunno....I've sold stuff on craig's list too. I guess I'm in the minority though. I have held stuff for people who I agreed to sell something too. An agreement is an agreement.
It's kind of hard to show up with the money when I was several hours away. That was why I had to make plans to travel down. The only thing you can buy on my Local CL page is used farm equipment and hookers [laugh]
Quote from: hbliam on June 26, 2009, 09:56:32 PM
Ditto. Lots of them taking up space in "former" sailors driveways.
It was a hell of a deal, although he said he'd been trying to sell it since March. I'm not sure why there was a sudden peak or interest in it when I tried to buy it ???
I have to agree with the seller i would have done the same i tried selling my jetski for 6months and had plenty of people say they would come see it before i had someone actually buy it. You should have sent a down payment with paypal.
Same crap happens here on this forum as well, cash is king.
You don't want a bannana cat anyway. Get a nacra 5.5 at a min [thumbsup]
Same thing happened to me with a S4R for $7k. Credit Union said OK. Other buyers were on the line. The only issue was that my credit union wanted him to hand them the pink slip, they would cut him a check or cash, whatever he wanted, right then and there, and we are 180 miles away. I offered to go and get him and bring him back, but he sold it. I kind of expected it, though.
On the other hand, I think the 50/50 estimate of people showing up is high. I'd say 80% flake out. And the Blackbird I sold last year, I received 44 bogus emails on the bike, I need your bank info, I'll send you a $9000 check for a $3500 bike, my broker will pick it up and when it gets to England or wherever, the Escrow account will pay me and keep the rest. 44 bogus emails.
I think the rule is, cash talks, anything else walks.
Quote from: corndog67 on June 30, 2009, 08:40:59 PM
I think the rule is, cash talks, anything else walks.
Yeah...I get it...I was just mad at the time.
I had the cash (green paper monies) in my hand. I just couldn't drop everything I was doing (work) and drive 6 hours in the middle of the week. I had spent probably a total of 45 minutes on the phone wit hthe guy the day before. He was telling me all the nuances of the boat, how to right it, how to rig everything (I've never sailed on my own before)...chatting me up like we were old buddies. He knew the deal...he even gave me the tire sizes, so I could buy a spare tire for the trip back home (anyone need a 15in trailer tire [laugh]). I was to be there the next day to pick it up.
and no...the guy didn't have a pay pal account. cash only (which I still have burning a hole in my pocket...I should never have cash...)
Quote from: MrIncredible on June 26, 2009, 05:19:53 PM
Heck, I'll even treat more formal things like that-unless I have a deposit, someone shows up with cash, they get it. I've even have people give deposits on things, then never come back, which also works for me (sold a car about four times once).
Who leaves a deposit then just walks?!?!
Well, 4 people I guess.
Quote from: Monsterlover on July 01, 2009, 09:41:28 AM
Who leaves a deposit then just walks?!?!
Well, 4 people I guess.
Idk, but I was digging it. This was over the course of a coupla years, so it's not like I didn't give each buyer more 4-5 months to turn back up.
Quote from: Takster on June 26, 2009, 10:48:44 AM
I think that's kind of the way CL works. I've sold and bought enough stuff on CL to know that somebody who calls and says "Oh, I'll be there tomorrow" is about 50/50 on showing up, much less making the sale. I'd have taken the cash too.
Agreed. When I put something up for sale, I know at least half the callers are just tire kickers with no intention of buying.
Someone gave me a $200 deposit on the Blackbird and called the next day and said he couldn't buy it, keep the cash for my troubles. Uhhhhh, OK.
Quote from: bobspapa on June 26, 2009, 10:27:46 AM
Tarik sold a boat?
[laugh]
Yeah.... mime's are afraid of water ;)
If the guy agreed to hold it, no deposit needed, then that is what he should have done.
But, he should have never agreed to hold it if that wasn't his intention should another offer come up.
It should have been resolved in the 45 minutes you were on the phone with him.
Quote from: slowpoke13 on July 03, 2009, 01:52:50 AM
If the guy agreed to hold it, no deposit needed, then that is what he should have done.
But, he should have never agreed to hold it if that wasn't his intention should another offer come up.
It should have been resolved in the 45 minutes you were on the phone with him.
....just so we are all clear why I was mad...
Here is how the conversation went down.
"blah blah blah...." <---40ish minutes of boat talk
"Well, I'd like to come on friday and pick up the boat from you. Will that work for you?" <--me
"Yeah! That sounds great. I'll get everything ready for you so it'll be ready to go."<--seller
"Great! I'll call you friday morning and we can figure out what time. I'll bring *** in cash, and pick up a spare for the trailer" <--me
"Alright man. We'll go over everything so you'll be set...and I'll make sure I have the title and a bill of sale ready to go" <--seller
some more "blah blah blah"
I has assumed at that point that I had a boat waiting for me friday.
anyways....I'm over it know. Still looking though [laugh]